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. THE DAILY SENTINEL, GRAND JUNCTION, COLOFADO APRIL 22, 1976 . Commission gives Icondition~1 OKto OallasCreekProied. :l- ~ MONTROSE - The draft environ. mental impact statement on the $90 mil. lion Dallas Creek Project and abandon. ment 01 13 miles 01 rail lines between Montrose and Ridgway received condi. tlonal. sanction 01 the Region 10 Plan- ning Commission Tuesday. The six-county organization agreed basically with a stand taken by Ouray County regarding the two propoais, with bOth of them explained by Ouray . and Region 10 commissioner Warren 'Comerer. Comerer said OUray County is not op- posed 10 either proposal - but with mod- ifications. On the Dallas Project, he said, the county is opposed 10 Division of Wildlife plans 10 have the Bureau of Reclamation condemn 12 miles of river frontage below Ridgway Dam and ac- quire another 6,000 acres of private land. The Division does not have con. demnation authority. The rider was simply tacked onto the Dallas Project, and is in no way neces. sary nor does it change the basic con. cept 01 Dallas - water storage - he . said. He vowed that the easement and acquisitions would be fought in court, if necessary, by both the county and the affected landowners. Other Region 10 members termed the proposal "a dirty deal," and moved to . approve the environmental impact statement conditional upon the Divi- ; sion's plans being deleted. Harold Westeson, president .01 the. Tri-COunty Water Conservancy Dist., said be did not think the delegation : would adversely affect the project. He said Tri-COunty had fought against its . inclusion for months and it was deleted at one time, then reinstated. Tri-COunty , is sponsor of the Dallas Project. Region 10 reaffirmed a stand taken ' several months ago to support the Den- ver and Rio Grande Railroad's request 10 abandon the line between Montrose 8nd Ridgway. The railroad claims it is . losing money on the ~~. ~